Good morning! Welcome to the blog hop for little Lauryn! You should have arrived at my blog from Melissa's blog. If not, you should start over on the Lots of Love for Lauryn blog and hop from there so you don't miss a single inspiring creation for sweet little Lauryn.
Isn't this little girl just precious? Let me introduce you to her.
Lauryn was diagnosed with leukemia on March 27, 2014. She is currently hospitalized in the DC area, undergoing chemotherapy to fight this terrible disease. Lauryn is the granddaughter of my friend, Linda Payne. I've had the pleasure of serving on a couple of DTs with Linda and I actually got to meet her and her daughter (Lauryn's aunt) in person at a crafting retreat a couple of years ago.
Many of you in the stamping community probably also know Linda!
As news of Lauryn's illness spread via social media, many people asked if there was anything they could do to help, so we came up with a plan. We decided to have a card drive for the family and are inviting YOU to help by sending "happy mail" to Lauryn and her family.
Please create cards to share love and encouragement for Lauryn and her family. Lauryn's parents are Josh and Elizabeth and she has two older siblings, Lily and Logan. We are sending prayers for this dear family and hoping our thoughts and prayers and cards will help them during this trying time.
Cards can be mailed to:
Children's National
Hematology/Oncology RM 437
Lauryn Newsome
111 Michigan Ave NW
Washington DC 20010
You can find updates on Lauryn on a Facebook page
that has been set up by her family, Fight on Little Lauryn.
They have shared there how uplifting it can be to receive a simple "like" on a
Facebook status or words of love and encouragement on their posts.
Here is another card I've sent off to Lauryn:
My card base and mats are SU Pretty in Pink and the patterned papers are from the Carta Bella True Friends 6x6 pad. The darling image is one of the fund-raising images generously provided by Claire Keay of Jellypark. For more information on this and other digis that were created for the fund-raising effort, please see the Lots of Love for Lauryn blog. I printed her on MiC Blending card and colored her with my Copics. I added a bit of Liquid Pearls and a few Wild Orchid Crafts flowers to finish it.
Here is a close-up of Little Lauryn:
Here
is the fabulous group of bloggers who have joined us in promoting this card drive. We would love for you to hop with us. Several bloggers
have blog candy and all you need to do is leave a comment that you visited. You don't have to visit every blog. The main thing is to get cards sent to little Lauryn and her family.
Olga Jewell
Craftieodamae
Mary Anne Kelemen
Lakeside Stamping
Lisa Haines
The Purple Place
Jennie Harper
Stampin Away the Day
Colleen Holmes
A Card’s Delight
Anita Autore
Cards & Coffee
Sandra Van Blaricum
Cards and Creativity
Jerusha Borden
I Love Paper Crafting
Jenn Borjeson
Stampin' Angel Jenn
Nina Brackett
Crafting in Croatia
Linda Coughlin
The Funkie Junkie
Kathleen Curry
Will Stamp for Wine
Melissa Czapor
My Many Journeys
Vicki Dutcher
All I Do is Stamp
Debbie Ebat
Debbie’s Stamping Adventures
Tera Fujan
Stamp Queen
Patti Gilliam Cherish
Each Precious Gift
Joy Hadden
Pieces of Joy
Danielle Haddon
The Musings of a Chocoholic
Karen Knegten
Studio at the Lake
Lori McAree
Smiling While Stamping
CG Merrill
CG Says (something loudly)
Rhonda Miller
Rhonda’s Place to Shine
Lee Murphy
My Reality
Betty Neville StampTV blog
Jackie Randolph
Paper Moments
Shirley Ross Card Art, Etc.
Melissa Shultz Coffee Stamps and Stitches
Carla Suto
Carla’s Stamping Spot (you are here)
Cat Tidwell Cat’s Creations
Brenda Turner
Stamp It Up
Geri Utterback
Geri’s Cards
Cheri Weston
Stamp’n Boomer
Thank you for stopping by! Your next stop on the hop is Cat's blog. Thanks for your support!
I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Creative Fingers #31 (anything goes)
Fab 'n Funky #211 (pink)
Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 (blast from the past)
Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #8 (Easter or pastels)
Corrosive Challenge #197 (pretty pastels)
Here is the SSW2 sketch:
Have a great day and see you soon!
Carla
